Word: innings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SPORT: "We've heard about a starting pitcher taking a couple before a game and then going out and getting knocked out in the first inning and he's gone for the next five house...
Their outfielders grew sorely confused when baseballs flew their way; time after time, the balls landed safely between them. In the tenth inning of the fourth game, their pitcher hit a Met base runner on the wrist while trying to throw the ball to first. That blunder allowed the winning run to reach the plate and put the Orioles behind, three games to one. In the final game the Oriole pitcher and first baseman conspired to commit two errors on a single play (shades of Marvelous!) to permit the last, poetic Met run to score. The Oriole manager, a stocky...
...Mets have never faced an outfit as tough as the Orioles. Man for man, the Birds are probably the finest baseball team since the New York Yankee juggernauts of the '50s. In their playoff series with Minnesota, they broke the Twins' spirit by taking two extra-inning contests, 4-3 and 1-0, then belted 18 hits as they rolled through the final game 11-2 for a swift playoff sweep. The Oriole pitching staff, headed by Mike Cuellar (23-11), Dave McNally (20-7) and Jim Palmer (16-4), is far superior to Atlanta...
...York fielders reinforced their pitchers as Agee and shortstop Bud Harrelson made spectacular catches. In the seventh inning, with the bases loaded, Agee dove to grab a dropping line drive and rob Baltimore's Paul Blair of an extra-base...
...Minnesota Twins failed in the clutch once again yesterday, and the Orioles are now up, 2-0. Reserve outfielder Curt Motten lined a single into centerfield with two outs in the 11th inning, and Boog Powell crossed the plate to give the Orioles a 1-0 victory...